Re: How do I stop Gnome looking for IP address on boot-up?

[Elliot Lee <sopwith redhat com>]

On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Phillip Deackes wrote:

> Hi. I am using Gnome on a Debian Potato system. I connect to the 
> Internet using a dial-up modem and Gnome attempts to do a DNS 
> search on my hostname at bootup and complains because it 
> cannot resolve my hostname.
> 
> What can I do to stop this happening?

Put an entry in /etc/hosts for your hostname (like you should have ;-)

-- Elliot
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